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Convention Life

A body-of-Christ experience

Reflections on hosting LCA General Convention of Synod In September, Redeemer Lutheran College and Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Rochedale worked together to...

Offering to grow leadership

Congregations traditionally send a special offering to the General Convention, which is received by the synod at the closing worship service. This...

God loves eating and drinking

To borrow from international wine-writer and judge Tyson Stelzer, we believe in a God who loves eating and drinking. And 350 delegates,...

Vroom-vroom delegates

It’s the newest gang hitting the streets of south-east Queensland, but fortunately its members are harmless. SLOBs (Silly Lutherans On Bikes) caused...
Love is

Love is …

Complete this sentence: 'Love is ... '. Lutheran Media staff have been asking delegates and visitors this question at General Convention. The result is a daily vox pop mini-movie presented before worship every morning.

Out of the shadows

Bystanders may not always be innocent but they are often forgotten in the annals of history. Author, poet and educator Valerie Volk...

One to watch

Some people decry the apparent apathy and disengagement of our young people. They probably haven’t met Joshua Spyropoulos. A Year 8 Redeemer...

The little yellow van

General Convention of Synod delegates at Rochedale can’t miss the little yellow van in the parking lot. Convention hosts, Our Saviour Lutheran...

Cloaked in God’s love

When Bishop Mark Whitfield entered the Redeemer College chapel for the opening service of Convention, we saw something we had not seen...

PM praises LCA focus on love

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the LCA’s tagline Where love comes to life is an excellent motto for the church to...